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Park Home & Tamworth

Park Home Ave & Tamworth Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Willowdale West · Ward 18, Willowdale

In Willowdale West, Park Home & Tamworth is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: parks. Nearby: North York Centre Station (Line 1) 494 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
4,135
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 24, 2026
474 pedestrians · 41 cyclists · #2065 busiest
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4635 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
North York Centre Station 494 m · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 300 vehicles, 26% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 9 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 0.8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Park Home & Tamworth

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Subway
North York Centre Station (Line 1)494 m; Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4)944 m
GO Transit
GO bus 27 Milton / North York19 Mississauga / North York96 Oshawa / Finch Express67 Keswick / North York at Yonge St. @ Park Home Ave.477 m
TTC bus
979818584 nearest 478 m
Express
984
Blue Night
320385384
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Yonge St / North York Blvd 494 m · 23 docks · 5 stations, 123 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (25)
  • Toronto District School Board - Head OfficeEnglish Public · 437 m
  • Toronto French MontessoriPrivate · 465 m
  • Crown AcademyPrivate · 508 m
  • Willowdale Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 626 m
  • Churchill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 736 m
  • Claude Watson School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 790 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (35)
  • Beecroft Park187 m
  • Dempsey Park239 m
  • Gibson Park303 m
  • North York Civic Centre337 m
  • Abbotsford Park375 m
  • Mel Lastman Square417 m
  • and 29 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch337 m
Places of interest
  • Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 354 m
  • Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 368 m
  • Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 405 m

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 236 eating places are within a kilometre — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Centre Cafe, 322 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 236 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Centre Cafe · 5 Park Home Ave322 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Novotel Hotel · 3 Park Home Ave359 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Twilight Cafe · 16 Park Home Ave376 mPassed, Apr 2025
Twilight Cafe · 16 Park Home Ave376 mPassed, Aug 2026
Aroma Espresso Bar · 8 Park Home Ave None413 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Aroma Espresso Bar · 8 Park Home Ave None414 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
California Thai · 5160 Yonge St Unit-F5420 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Procter & Gamble Bistro · 5160 Yonge St Flr-15420 mPassed, Nov 2025

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is North York Civic Centre, 316 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 401 m away at Mel Lastman Square.

  • North York Civic Centre · 5100 Yonge Street
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    316 m
  • Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre Washroom · 5100 Yonge St
    View centre hours · accessible
    335 m
  • Mel Lastman Square Washroom · 5100 Yonge St
    View centre hours · closed — Planned Closure
    357 m
Drinking water
Mel Lastman Square drinking fountain · 401 m; Mel Lastman Square drinking fountain · 405 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 887 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre (420 m, 114 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 887 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 7
  • Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre · 5176 Yonge St
    114 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    420 m
  • Churchill Chums School Age Child Care Centre · 188 Churchill Ave
    189 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    737 m
  • Yonge-Churchill Child Care Centre · 5350 Yonge St
    118 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    754 m
  • Angus Valley Montessori · 4841 Yonge St
    141 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    891 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 114 (581 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (506 m) and the nearest ambulance station 581 m away.

FireFire Station 114 · 581 m12 Canterbury Pl
Police32 Division · 506 m30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 581 m12 Canterbury Pl

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,330 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 35 Park Home Ave (255 m, 283 units, 10 storeys, built 1974), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 8 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings8 · 2,330 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20268 across the 8
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest36 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
35 Park Home AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation28310197492 · Aug 20250255 m
65 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management1076196697 · Oct 20250407 m
55 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management39117196699 · Jun 20242 · 1 fire472 m
151 Beecroft Rd30627200397 · Aug 20250506 m
35 Greenfield Ave · Rhapsody Property Management Services36136202098 · Jun 20243 · 1 fire856 m
5430 Yonge StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation23914198695 · Aug 20250929 m
2 Forest Laneway · Tandem Property Management Inc36629197690 · Aug 20252 · 1 fire929 m
4 Forest Laneway · Tandem Property Management Inc27729197590 · Aug 20251 · 2 fire934 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots441 lots · ≈32,500 spaces · 97.5 ha
Within 500 m17 lots · ≈6,670 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 3,375 spaces
EV charging (City)33 Elmhurst Ave · 746 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
180 Beecroft Road · Surface211 m173 *
10 Empress Ave · Surface525 m6769% (Q1 2026)
10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface558 m5344% (Q1 2026)
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage616 m38615% (Q1 2026)
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface820 m112 *

Nearest lots: 228 m away, ≈14 spaces; 240 m away, ≈50 spaces (Green P); 244 m away, ≈172 spaces; 254 m away, ≈8 spaces; 273 m away, ≈59 spaces; 290 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (1.2 km, 2 ports); 19 Glendora Ave (1.2 km, 2 ports).

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, Mar 24, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 1,973 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 919 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 570 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 14% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (499). Heavy vehicles made up 1.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north919southbound · 14 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the west1,243eastbound · 11 bikes · 1.5% heavy
Total vehicles4,135474 pedestrians · 41 cyclists · 1.7% heavy
From the east1,973westbound · 15 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour570 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour499 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Mar 24, 2026

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

On Tamworth Rd between Betty Ann Dr and Ellerslie Ave, 178 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in December 2013 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 51 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. Park Home Ave between Tamworth Rd and Blenheim St measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 50 km/h (Aug 2022). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Park Home Ave · Tamworth Rd – Blenheim St · 164 mAug 2022 · 3 days2,15942 km/h50 km/h55 km/h
Tamworth Rd · Betty Ann Dr – Ellerslie Ave · 178 mDec 2013 · 24 h2,27743 km/h51 km/h55 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2024, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (13%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 38% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (13%). The most recent report on file is from Sep 15, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4635 of 5,508
With an injury1#4588 of 4,660
Property damage only4
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#3061 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201410latest Sep 15, 2025

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Four thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle420house driveway/garage (2), other (2)
Bicycle theft200house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 9, 2025. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Willowdale West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Park Home & Tamworth a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Park Home & Tamworth?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2065 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 26% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Park Home & Tamworth?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Tamworth Rd between Betty Ann Dr and Ellerslie Ave (December 2013), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 51 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Park Home & Tamworth?

The nearest Green P car park is 180 Beecroft Road (211 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 441 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,500 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 33 Elmhurst Ave (746 m).

How do I get to Park Home & Tamworth by transit?

North York Centre Station (Line 1) is 494 m away; bus routes 97, 98, 185, 84, 984 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Park Home & Tamworth?

None within 300 m, and 236 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Centre Cafe (322 m), Novotel Hotel (359 m), Twilight Cafe (376 m), Twilight Cafe (376 m) and Aroma Espresso Bar (413 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Park Home & Tamworth?

The nearest is North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge Street, 316 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre Washroom (335 m); Mel Lastman Square Washroom (357 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Park Home & Tamworth?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 887 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre (420 m, 114 spaces), Churchill Chums School Age Child Care Centre (737 m, 189 spaces) and Yonge-Churchill Child Care Centre (754 m, 118 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Park Home & Tamworth?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,330 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 35 Park Home Ave (255 m, 283 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 65 Ellerslie Ave (407 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 55 Ellerslie Ave (472 m, 391 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 151 Beecroft Rd (506 m, 306 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 95 out of 100. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Park Home & Tamworth?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Willowdale West page.

What neighbourhood is Park Home & Tamworth in?

Park Home & Tamworth is in Willowdale West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 037). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined